Back during Halloween we made Mummy Hot Dogs. We wrapped hot dogs with crescent rolls and then used sprinkles to make eyes and a mouth. The sprinkles were a real hit with Cole since we usually don't get to eat sprinkles on dinner food.
Every year around the time of his birthday I take a picture of Cole in one of his Daddy's white dress shirts. It's fun to see how much he's grown up in the last 3 years. I have all the pictures in a small 4x6 album that I keep for him.
In addition to letting Cole paint gift bags, I also let him use stickers to decorate solid colored gift bags and wrapped packages. It keeps him busy for an afternoon while I can wrap Christmas presents.
Cole's favorite iPhone App right now is Frosty Lite. I don't let him play with my phone very often, but it's a nice little treat when it's been a long day and I need to get dinner ready.
If you send a request with your child's name and their favorite Disney character to the address below you will get a beautiful 8x10 glossy picture in the mail a few weeks later. I sent in a note for Cole and a few days ago he got his personalized picture from Buzz Lightyear.
Walt Disney Company
Attn: Fan Mail Department
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Now that the weather is cooling off the Property of Scrapbooking Dept - Track Suit is a great option for when you want to veg out in something comfortable and scrapbook. It also makes a great gift for that special scrapbooker in your life!
Here are a few favorite book selections to go along with our Z letter of the week. Enjoy!
I've been trying to incorporate a snack into our Letter of the Week activities. This week we made Zebra Striped Brownie Bites. Cole and I baked brownie bites and then used white frosting in a ziplock bag with the end snipped off to create our zebra stripes.
For our Z letter of the week we did some tracing again and made a Z zebra. The zebra activity came from one of my favorite site - No Time for Flashcards. 
While picking up a few things at Hobby Lobby I let Cole pick out a small package of bug, bat & spider stickers. I then gave him a sheet of black & white paper and some black & white crayons, markers and colored pencils. He had a great time drawing and adding stickers to his pictures. It's amazing to me how a $1 pack of stickers can entertain a little kid for an afternoon.
This might be my favorite craft we did for Halloween. We used a toilet paper roll, some paint and goggly eyes and buttons for Frankenstein's ears. I added a magnet to the back when we were done so that Cole could display his project on the fridge.
Last week we used some extra gauze to make some little hanging ghosts. The gauze was bought in bulk during a big sale at Target with some coupons I had. I was looking for a good use for it and this project was it. We used 2 pieces of gauze per ghost. 1 was laid flat and the other was balled up to make his head. Tie a ribbon or string around his neck and use a marker for eyes and a little ghost mouth. Hang around the house for a spooky Halloween decoration.
This is one of my favorite tote bags. They are great if you just need to take a few items to a crop or even to the beach. At just $14.99 they are inexpensive enough to use as a giveaway for an event, or fill them with some scrappin' goodies and they make a great gift for your favorite scrapbooker.
This was one of our Halloween crafts. We started with a toilet paper roll, some paint and some green pipe cleaners. I let Cole paint the toilet paper roll black. We added googly eyes and I poked holes in the side for the pipe cleaner legs. Cole was able to thread the legs through all by himself. Then we used glitter paint to decorate the back of the spider.
These are some Halloween Treat Boxes that Cole and I put together for his class. This post is less about how awesome of a Mom I am and more about how planning ahead can save you tons of money and make you look like a rock star.
The treat boxes included:
*2 cans of playdoh
*Halloween stickers
*box of crayons
*all packed into a black pencil box
I always try to do some type of treat box for Halloween, it's our favorite holiday. Because of that I plan ahead and try to buy items on sale or clearance that I can use for Halloween. The Playdoh was bought at Target last year after Halloween, the crayons were from Office Depot's back to school sale, the pencil boxes from Staples (also back to school sale), the stickers were also bought at an after Halloween sale. The crayons and pencil boxes were both just a penny each. All together the boxes costs me around .25 each. So you see, with just a little pre-planning you can put together cute treats for very little cost.
Saturday, October 24th from 10-11am Lowes is offering another Build & Grow Clinic. This week the kids can make a Frankenstein Magic Trick. We will be there because Cole loves to build stuff. 
Here are a few favorite A books that I recommend to go along with the Letter of the Week activities.
Additional letter A activities included an apple counting sheet, cutting out A words, and an A tracing sheet. Cole really wanted to glue some extra foam pieces onto the A tracing sheet. I had him trace the As first and then glue different items on top of them.
For our A letter of the week we made an A alligator and an A covered with ants. Cole loved the way the alligator turned out and he also loved making the fingerprint ants. 
With the holidays right around the corner I thought I'd share a great tip for cheap and creative wrapping that you can do with your kids. I purchase plain or solid colored gift bags and wrapping paper and then let Cole either paint or put stickers on them to decorate the outside. He loves to help me wrap and this is one way he can be helpful with out being in my way. He is so proud to gifts to our friends and family that he has helped wrap. 
